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WQ.62/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE
MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, SPORT AND CULTURE BY DEPUTY L.B.E. ASH OF ST. CLEMENT
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2021
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 1st MARCH 2021
Question
Will the Minister advise why the football goals were removed from F.B. Fields and Le Rocquier School playing fields during the February half-term, and whether or not this is standard Departmental policy; and if this is standard practice, will he explain why?
Answer
This is not standard practice at either location but goals have been removed to enable essential maintenance and repair work to take place.
FB Fields
Large groups of more than 10 have been using the pitches during very wet conditions and the grass playing surface had been churned and damaged as a result. User groups including Jersey Football Combination and Schools were consulted and they confirmed that they no longer required the pitches so the goals were removed. Grass seed is on order and as soon as it arrives, the whole field will be renovated. If left, the surfaces would have been in extremely poor condition to the extent that surface smoothness would have been a health and safety concern for the cricket season. Causal family use of the field is still permitted.
Le Rocquier School Playing Fields
The school has been consulted by the Playing Fields section of Infrastructure Housing and Environment, which has the contract for maintenance and marking work on this playing field. The school reported that they were not using the goals and so they were taken down to enable early renovation of the field and preparations to being for the summer term.